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Lias Andersson

#17 · Centre · Los Angeles Kings

Born Oct 13, 1998 in Smogen, SWE · 6'0", 185 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 7th overall in 2017 by NYR (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2018-19. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Micheal Haley SJS · 6 P in 43 GP Juho Lammikko FLA · 6 P in 40 GP Sheldon Dries COL · 6 P in 40 GP Lukas Sedlak CBJ · 6 P in 47 GP Robby Fabbri STL · 6 P in 32 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

02462017-18: 2 points217-182018-19: 6 points618-192019-20: 1 points119-202020-21: 6 points620-212021-22: 2 points221-222022-23: 0 points022-23

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2017-18 NYR 7 1 1 2 1 0 5 9 0.29 $925K
2018-19 NYR 42 2 4 6 -13 29 41 60 0.14 $894K
2019-20 NYR 17 0 1 1 -8 4 13 20 0.06 $894K
2020-21 LAK 23 3 3 6 -4 12 23 8 0.26
2021-22 LAK 20 1 1 2 -7 12 29 23 0.10 $874K
2022-23 LAK 1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 0.00 $750K
6 seasons Career 110 7 10 17 -32 57 112 122 0.15

2018-19 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
42 2 4 6 -13 29 41 60 0.14 4.9 10:43

Contract

$894KCap hitends in 2021, then RFA
$149KCap dollars per point6 points in 42 games
-$713KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.6MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 696 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2020-21, with 2 seasons left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2018-19 $894K
2019-20 $894K
2020-21 $894K

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2022-23 to 2022-23 $750K
2021-22 to 2021-22 $874K
2018-19 to 2020-21 $894K
2017-18 to 2017-18 $925K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2018-19 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2018-19 analytics

Rating

-1.9Goals above replacement637th of 699 skaters, 425th of 455 forwards
-0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-3.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 455 ranked forwards: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile.

Even-strength offence-2.3 15th percentileEven-strength defence-0.9 29th percentilePower play-0.1 55th percentilePenalty kill+0.2 80th percentilePenalties-0.1 32nd percentile

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater, and the rank beside it is among forwards. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

-2-10122017-182018-192019-202020-212021-222022-23Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

42.6Corsi for %318 attempts for, 429 against
-3.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
41.7Expected goals for %14.4 expected for, 20.2 against
-3.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
30.0Goals for %9 for, 21 against
95.5PDO4.9% shooting + 90.6% saves
62Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ryan Strome · Boo Nieves · Lias Andersson633:0930.636.31-4
Ryan Strome · Jimmy Vesey · Lias Andersson623:1046.946.20-0
Ryan Strome · Brett Howden · Lias Andersson521:3250.043.40-1
Ryan Strome · Vladislav Namestnikov · Lias Andersson419:5648.447.12-0

The lines he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
3.4Expected goalsfrom 50 unblocked attempts
-1.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.45 expected goals per 60 minutes3rd
Shot quality 6.7% chance per attempt14th
Finishing -1.4 goals above expected42ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 426 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0123Game 20Game 40Expected 3.4Goals 2

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took this season, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 6, 2019 @ PIT W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 13:38
Apr 5, 2019 vs CBJ L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:07
Apr 3, 2019 vs OTT L 1-4 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 12:11
Apr 1, 2019 @ NJD L 2-4 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 13:02
Mar 31, 2019 @ PHI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 12:15
Mar 29, 2019 vs STL W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 11:55
Mar 27, 2019 @ BOS L 3-6 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 12:35
Mar 25, 2019 vs PIT L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 14:53
Mar 23, 2019 @ TOR W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:40
Mar 19, 2019 vs DET L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 10:45
Mar 16, 2019 @ MIN L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:25
Mar 15, 2019 @ CGY L 1-5 0 0 0 -3 0 0 1 10:31
Mar 13, 2019 @ VAN L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:22
Mar 9, 2019 vs NJD W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 06:59
Mar 7, 2019 @ DET L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 08:57
Mar 3, 2019 vs WSH L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 09:16
Mar 1, 2019 vs MTL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:03
Feb 27, 2019 vs TBL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 10:37
Feb 24, 2019 @ WSH L 5-6 (OT) 0 1 1 0 4 2 1 13:15
Feb 23, 2019 vs NJD W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 09:50
Feb 21, 2019 vs MIN L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 10:41
Dec 27, 2018 vs CBJ L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 07:08
Dec 23, 2018 vs PHI L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 10:33
Dec 22, 2018 @ TOR L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:27
Dec 18, 2018 vs ANA W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 06:09
Dec 16, 2018 vs VGK L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 09:24
Dec 10, 2018 @ TBL L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:08
Dec 8, 2018 @ FLA W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 08:23
Dec 2, 2018 vs WPG L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 12:37
Dec 1, 2018 @ MTL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 15:38
Nov 29, 2018 @ OTT L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 16:09
Nov 26, 2018 vs OTT W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 08:30
Nov 24, 2018 vs WSH L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 06:38
Nov 23, 2018 @ PHI L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 12:32
Nov 21, 2018 vs NYI W 5-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 10:01
Nov 19, 2018 vs DAL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:01
Nov 17, 2018 vs FLA W 4-2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 06:42
Nov 15, 2018 @ NYI L 5-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:45
Nov 12, 2018 vs VAN W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:23
Nov 10, 2018 @ CBJ W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 15:22
Nov 9, 2018 @ DET L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 06:23
Nov 6, 2018 vs MTL W 5-3 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 12:17